I am still in recovery from the flu. Honestly, this whole year has had me either ill or looking after someone else who is ill. Not a great start to 2026. Anyway, I am here, showing up for week 3 of The Writer Blog Prompt Project, with today's topic of Content Warnings. Let's go!
I almost didn't get this written. For the last seven days, I've been stuck in bed fighting the flu and watching bad movies. But I can't very well start a project then fail by the second week, can I? So, here I am, doped up on cough medicine and honey-flavoured soothers ready to share thoughts on week 2 of The Writer Blog Prompt Project. Let's go!
Today is the first day of The Writer Blog Prompt Project that I, on a stupid whim, decided to start. Why do I do these things? (procrastination, that's why!) But we're here now, so might as well jump in.
So I am contemplating doing something stupid. Stupid in the sense that it will give me more to do, but when has that stopped me!
Welcome to my Advent Calendar Story Train, where you can read through 24 stories under this year's theme, 'Lost'. Today's flash fiction story is by me!
Welcome to the Advent Calendar Story Train, where you can read through 24 stories under the theme 'Surprise'. Today's story is by me! (and boy did I struggle... again... to come up with a story.)
I was given the opportunity to guest post on another writer's blog. Big thank you to E. A. Whyte for reaching out to me and asking me to guest post and for featuring my article 8 Things Not To Do When Drafting A Novel.
June wasn't the most productive month for writing due to my taking a mini hiatus following a family visit. But the urge to keep writing was bubbling away (always a good sign).
One big issue has been the weather, we British are not designed for the hot weather we've been having and trying to stay focused and write while sweltering (in houses that don't have AC and are built to keep the heat in) is torturous. But let's do some updating anyway!
Our lives change in different ways. It's important to roll with the changes and adapt. I've felt for a long time that my writing has been struggling and the things I tried didn't seem to last more than a month. It is easy to fall into old patterns, assuming that if they worked before they will work again. This time, I made changes, small ones over a month at the start of the year to see if I could adapt.
I didn't do an update at the end of April, this is because I tanked doing anything in April. But May has been a lot more productive.
In case you're new here, the last Friday of (almost) every month is a "Write Life" update where I discuss what I've been working on.
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